A Blacksmith Forging a Bottle Opener From Hot Iron Is Amazing to Behold

There are easier ways to open a beer than hammering hot iron, sure. But I bet the hops never tasted as sweet as they do at the end of this project.

The five-minute video by John Rigoni of Rigoni Iron Works includes no voiceover. It is only close-up shots of tool striking metal and the spiritual clang and hum of the workshop. The opener starts as just a small rectangle until Rigoni pulls it out of the fire and punches a hole in the metal. Then we see the back and forth, the heating and hammering, the combination of tools and the mechanical dexterity needed to make the seemingly simple shape of a bottle opener emerge from raw metal by hand.

Enjoy the Guinness, John. You earned it.

(You can buy one of these from the Rigoni Iron Works website for $28, as long as you're willing to wait a few weeks. Demand is high.)